About Betty Makoni

Betty Makoni is a Zimbabwean gender activist, poet, and advocate for girls and women worldwide. She founded Girl Child Network and has been honoured by the United Nations, Women World Summit, Ashoka, Afrikan Goddess Award and Amnesty International for her work on girls empowerment. She is the first woman to serve as Global Ambassador for the 19 Days of Activism for the Prevention of Child Abuse campaign with the Women's World Summit Foundation.

Constitutional conventions: best practice

Many women in
Zimbabwe face war in their homes daily and face war with the
state when we try to overcome it. Often we find ourselves in combat
when all we are actually trying to do is to crawl out of our own small room, says Betty Makoni.